Hog-ringer



A. T. PARK-ER. vHoe RI'NGER.'

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20, 1919.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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ALONZO T. PARKER, 0F RICHMOND, INDIANA.

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Specification of Iletterslatent. Patented June 177 1919,

Continuation in part of application Serial No. 112,361, filed July 31, 1916. This application filed March 20,

' 1919. Serial 110.283,8915. A

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo T. PARKER, a, citizen of the United States, residing-in the cityof Richmond, in the county of Wayne, State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in,v Hog-Ringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and comprehensive specification and` exposition, the same being such as will enable others to make and use thc same with exactitude.

The object of this invention, broadly stated, is to provide a surgical instrument, or tool, especially adapted for applying rings in the noses of hogs or other animals in order to prevent the animals from committing injury to property. The said instrument or tool is strong and durable in construction, easily operated and controlled,

adapted to perform the work for which it is intended in a minimum of time, and can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low price.

to provide a magazined nose-ringing tool which may be loaded before hand with open rings which may be inserted in quick succession until all of the rings. in Vthe magazine are exhausted, and which will permit of the rings being applied before the animal has time to become conscious of the operators purpose. By means ofthe device the operator will be enabled to work more easily and without manual assistance, and the work may be accomplished in a minimum amount` of time.

Other objects vand particular advantages will be brought out and will suggest themselves in the course of the following descrlpj tion.

The particular features of thisinvention reside in a pair of crossed handlcswhich are pivotally connected together, with the shorter ends of the handles merging into jaws having oppositely disposed ring-receiving cavities in the proximate faces and at the inner edges thereof. `Other features o f the ldevice are the ring-containing maga-v zine swingingly connected to the pivot of the, handles and extending at right-angles from the jaws; a follower for feeding rings automatically from the magazine to the cavities of the jaws; and-means for limiting the opening and closing of the jaws Yand at the same time centering the magazine.

The preferred means for carrying out my invention ina'practical manner is shown in f and handles being removed from in front of the magazine. Fig. 5 is a cross section of themagazine, as taken on the l1ne'51-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section takenY through the jaws and centrally of the ring-v receiving cavities. Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken centrally between the jaws and Vcentrally throughvthe pivot for the handles.

Fig. 8 .shows one of the lopen rings ready for operation andfad-apted to be inserted in The particular object of this invention is f 'various parts andthe operations `thereof as,

fully and as comprehensively as I may.

Referring now tothe drawings in detail:

`Numerals1 and'v Q Vdenote the two handles, 'which are pivotally connected together by the bolt 3, with the nut 4 threaded on the inner end of saidbolt. Upwardandrbeyond said bolt the handles merge into the respective jaws 5 and 6.. Said handles and jaws are normallyr'etained open, that is' with the handles and the jaws, spaced apart` by means ofthe flat spring 7, which issecured to the handle 2 with its vfree end in contact with the handle l, as shown in Fig. 3.

Numeral 8 denotes the magazine base, the

Vsaine havinga bracket Y9 integral therewith and extending down at, rightangles'froin its forwardend. Formedthrough the bracket 9' is an apex-'ture'1.0,` inwhich Htsthe'inner-1,V

end of the spacer 11. The apertures through the handles for the bolt 3 are larger than said bolt, whereby said handles ,are really pivoted on thespacer 11, with.the bolt'3 fitting in said spacer, whereby whenthe nut 1 is tightened it will Contact tightY against the end of the spacer thereby leaving the bracket free to rotate on the spacer.

Stiflening ribs 12 are formed on the rear face of the bracket 9, as shown in `Fig. 4L, and they also form a lock for the nut l.

Also formed-centrally ofthe base 8, and extending throughout the length thereof, is an iiitei'ior channel, forming a rib 13 below and a channelY above or in the surface of the base 8, asindicated.

Numeral 14; designates the magazine proper which is adapted to iest in the base S, and it is provided with a ri'b 15 which fits inthe channel of the rib 13 and also forms a channel in the center ofthe upper face of the magazine and extendingfrom end-toend thereof. The sides of the magazine curve upward and inward forming iianges, as shown in Fig. 5. VThe rear end of the magazine is closed bythe end member 17, as .shown in Fig. 2.

Numeral ldesignates the follower which Y vcorresponds with theinterior curvature1 in cross section, of the magazine 14 and the rib 15, and itis adapted -to slide therein.

Extending down from the center of the rib 15 is the `screw stem 18 which is inserted Ithrough an aperture inz the rib 13, extending therebelow, andia'wing-nut 19 is threaded on said stern whereby when the nut 19 is tightlened the magazine 1-1 will be secured to the base 8, but in such manner .that it can. be easily remo-ved. Numeral 20 ,denotesthe follower-rod, the same being slidably mounted in an aperture inthe member 17and its front endlis rigidly secured in the follower 16 andfit is adapted toy operate endwise in the .magazine 14 and llongitudinally thereof.k VAhelical spring Q1 ,surrounds the rod 2O with one end in contact with the follower 16 and the other end in contact with themember 17,l said spring at alltimesbeing under compression whereby the. followeris normallyforced forward. ,A knob 22 is attached to Kthe rear end of the ,rod 20, in the rear of the-memberlhand it affords means fonnianually'drawing the fol- ,lowerrearwardagainst lthe vresiliency of the spring 21, and it. also acts asa stop to prevent the follower lfroiirmoving forward beyond the forward end ,of the magazine.

E.l'dlxtending downward and then forward from the front end ofthe rib 15 of the magavzine 'is AtheLM-shaped .centerfstop 23,. which projects between thejaws 5 and 6. Also eX- .tendingloutlaterally from thesides of the magazine ljuand then extending forward, Aare tlieytwo, Lfshapedstopsy Q4-and 25.

Formed in the rear inner corners of they jaws 5 and 6 are the respective cavities 26 andQ, the same being crescent-shaped, and they are located in alinement withthe sides of themagazine.

Letter A denotes open rings which are formed ready to be used in my tool. And

vletter B denotes the rings as they will appear j after they have been closed by my tool operating thereon.

Y In Vpractice the follower may be pressed baclr to its limit, after which the magazine may be vfllednvwfitli ,rings A, and then when a closed-ring B. Now if the handles be released it is evident that the spring 7 .will open the jaws thereby ,releasing the ring B, which will thenifall out infront, and immediately thereafteithe second ring A will be forced intothe cavities ofthe j aws, and soon repea-tedly until all ofthe rings areexhausted 'from'.l the magazine.

The maga-zine, kand `the parts thereto vattached, .are vnormally free to swing on the bolt`3, ori-,more properly on the spacer 11, as ,willi be found if .the ljaws be only partly closed, andltherefore it is labsolutely essential Lthat the magazine be eenteredboth.when the jaws are open, and whenfthey are closed,

, andl also that there be a precise limitation ,for

both the opening and the closing ofthe jaws.

`vThe ,stops 24,v and 25` prevent the aws from ,opening beyond the point required for the The stop 23 prevents thejaws lfrom closing .beyond that. required to form a perfect ring B, and` also centers themagazine with relation to the jaws.

From theabove vit will be seenthat theA operator mayaholdthe liafndles in oneliand and apply the tooll with the open ringthen .llithe jaws tothe nose of an aniinahand that instant pressure of the handles ytoward eachother to their 'limit and instant release of the pressure will drive the points of the ring through the nose oftheanimal before the animal lhas hadtinie to realize it and-,that this operationmay be repeated vvery rapidly without t-he operator releasing ithe tool until lall of thejijings inthe magazineV arek exyhausted.

l1 desirethat it be understood that various changes may be made in the several details of j construction .without departing from the Lspirit of the inventionand without sacrifieing any ofthe.adyantages'thereof whiehmare shown in the drawings.

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. A hog ringing tool comprising pivotedly connected jaws having open ring receiving cavities therein, a ring containing magazine extending at right angles from the jaws, a spring pressed follower located in the magazine and adapted to successively supply open rings into the cavities of the jaws as the latter are opened, spaced jaw receiving stops projecting from the magazine and each adapted to engage with and to receive the outer edge of one of the jaws to limit the opening movement of the latter and to maintain the magazine in alinement with the recesses in the jaws as the rings are being fed from the magazine, and a central stop projecting from the magazine and lying between the' jaws to engage therewith for centering the magazine with relation to said cavities as the jaws are being closed, substantially as set forth.

2. A hog ringing tool comprising pivotally connected opening and closing jaws having cavities in the opposing faces thereof, a handle integral with each jaw, a bracket pivotally connected to the pivot of said jaws, a base projecting at right-angles from the bracket, a ring containing magazine detachably connected to said base, means for automatically feeding rings from the magazine into the cavities of the jaws, means for limiting the opening of the jaws and at the same time centering the magazine, and means for limiting the closing of the jaws and at the same time centering the magazine, all substantially as set forth.

3. A hog ringing tool comprising a pair of handles, oppositely disposed jaws integral with the respective handles, means for pivotally connecting the handles whereby the jaws will move toward each other as the handles are moved toward each other, means for normally pressing said handles apart, there being ring receiving cavities formed in the opposing inner faces of the jaws and at the rear corners thereof, a bracket pivotally connected to the pivotal connection of the handles, a magazine base integral with the bracket and projecting at right-angles from the jaws, a ring containing magazine detachably connected on said base, a closure for the rear end of the magazine, a rod operative through said closure, a follower connected to the forward end of said rod and adapted to slide forward and.

the forward movement of the follower, av helical spring encircling said rod with one end thereof in contact with the follower and the other end in contact with said closure, means for limiting the opening movement of the jaws, and means for limiting the closing of the jaws.

4. A hog ringing tool comprising a pair of crossed handles pivotally connected together, jaws integral with the shorter ends of the handles and having ring receiving cavities formed in the inner corners of their contact faces, a bracket mounted to the pivotal connection of the handles and adapted to swing laterally thereon, a base member integral with the bracket and extending at right-angles therefrom, a magazine resting on and fitting the base member, means for detachably connecting the magazine to the base member, pressed down ribs formed in the center of the base and the magazine and extending longitudinally thereof and nested together when the magazine is secured to the base and forming a channel extending longitudinally through the center of the magazine, a follower slidably mounted in the magazine fitting the interior thereof and extending down and tting said channel, a rod located in said channel with its forward end secured to the follower, means for limiting the forward movement of the follower, means for normally foreing the follower forward, means for limiting theV opening of the jaws, and means for limiting the closing of the jaws, all substantially as set forth.

5. A hog ringer having a pair of jaws adapted to open and close with cavities formed in the jaws, a magazine pivoted and extending back at right angles from the jaws, means carried by the magazine for preventing the jaws from opening beyond a certain degree and at the same time centering the magazine with relation to the jaws, means carried by the magazine for preventing the closing of the jaws beyond a certain degree and at the same time centering the magazine with relation to the jaws, and means carried by the magazine for automatically feeding open rings from the magazine into the cavities of the jaws, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO T. PARKER.

Witnesses:

R. E. RANDLE, Ron'r. W. RANDm.

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